Chapter Summaries

Primordial Lord of Heaven cultivated in seclusion for several thousand years and advanced to the Eighth Heaven of Sainthood. He surveyed the flourishing Three Teachings and reflected on how their growing strength would benefit the Dao School.

• Primordial Lord used the Heavenly Mystery Compass to cultivate after striking at the Western Teachings' fortune.
• Several thousand years later, Primordial Lord broke through to the Eighth Heaven of Sainthood, becoming the foremost Saint among the Six Sages.
• Primordial Lord saw that the Chan Sect had flourished, with Shaohao completing his merits, Zhuanxu ruling, and many disciples advancing in cultivation.
• Primordial Lord deduced that the Interception Sect and Human Sect had also grown stronger alongside the human race.
• Primordial Lord concluded that the Three Teachings' prosperity would strengthen the Dao School, while the Great Wilderness reacted to their transformation.

Ancestor Minghe, Haotian, Jieyin, and Zhunti saw the Three Pure Ones' sects prosper while the Western Teachings and Heavenly Court struggled to grow. At Wuzhuang Temple, Yunzhongzi persuaded Zhenyuanzi to visit the Chan Sect for guidance, where Zhenyuanzi was stunned by its overwhelming spiritual energy and many rare spiritual roots.

• Ancestor Minghe lamented the rise of the Three Pure Ones' sects, while Haotian envied their fortune and wished some would flow to the Heavenly Court.
• Jieyin worried that the Western Teachings had fallen behind, and Zhunti proposed waiting for a chance to sow discord among the Three Pure Ones' sects.
• Yunzhongzi invited Zhenyuanzi to Kunlun so Primordial Lord might help him overcome his cultivation bottleneck, and Zhenyuanzi agreed.
• Yunzhongzi and Zhenyuanzi reached Kunlun and entered the Chan Sect's protective formation.
• Zhenyuanzi was overwhelmed by the Chan Sect's spiritual energy and Floating Island, where he saw numerous Innate and Chaos Spiritual Roots.

Zhenyuanzi was astonished by the Chan Sect’s vast spiritual roots and powerful disciples, then visited Primordial Lord of Heaven to seek help with his cultivation. Primordial Lord of Heaven chose to tell Zhenyuanzi about opening the Earth Immortal Realm, hoping his decision would lead Zhenyuanzi to join the Chan Sect.

• Yunzhongzi told Zhenyuanzi that the Chan Sect possessed countless Innate and Chaos Spiritual Roots, and Zhenyuanzi was stunned by the sect’s foundations and powerful disciples.
• Yunzhongzi and Zhenyuanzi entered the Jade Void Palace and respectfully met Primordial Lord of Heaven.
• Zhenyuanzi explained that difficulties in his cultivation had brought him to seek Primordial Lord of Heaven’s guidance.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven learned that Zhenyuanzi’s cultivation problem was tied to opening the Earth Immortal Realm, and his system offered him a choice of rewards.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven chose to tell Zhenyuanzi about the Earth Immortal Realm and help him open it, though he hoped Zhenyuanzi would join the Chan Sect in return.

Primordial Lord of Heaven told Zhenyuanzi that opening the Earth Immortal Realm would resolve the problems plaguing his cultivation, then offered to help him in exchange for joining the Chan Sect. Zhenyuanzi accepted and joined Primordial Lord in the chaos, where they began creating the realm.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven described Zhenyuanzi’s Earth Book and earth-vein disturbances, then told him to open the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Zhenyuanzi doubted he could create a world alone, so Primordial Lord offered his help.
• Primordial Lord asked Zhenyuanzi to join the Chan Sect as Deputy Sect Master, and Zhenyuanzi agreed.
• Primordial Lord brought Zhenyuanzi into the Boundless Chaos, where Zhenyuanzi used the Earth Book and Primordial Lord reassembled Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water.
• The Earth Immortal Realm began taking shape as clear qi formed the sky and turbid qi formed the land.

Zhenyuanzi created the Earth Immortal Realm with Primordial Lord’s help and joined the Chan Sect, raising its fortune above the other sects. As the Western Teachings considered exploiting Chang'er Dingguang Xian to drive a wedge between Primordial Lord and Tongtian, Dingguang Xian resolved to prevent peace between the Chan and Interception Sects.

• Zhenyuanzi created the Earth Immortal Realm, received boundless Heavenly Dao Merit, and acknowledged Primordial Lord as his Sect Master.
• Primordial Lord returned to the Chan Sect, while Zhenyuanzi moved the Ginseng Fruit Tree from Wuzhuang Temple and prepared to join him there.
• Ancestor Minghe, Houtu, and Zhunti learned that Zhenyuanzi had joined the Chan Sect and reacted to its growing power.
• Jieyin told Zhunti that Chang'er Dingguang Xian might help drive a wedge between Tongtian and Primordial Lord.
• Dingguang Xian resented Tongtian's order against provoking the Chan Sect and resolved to keep the two sects from making peace.

Chang'er Dingguang Xian tried to sow discord between the Interception Sect and Chan Sect by accusing Chan Sect disciples of insulting Tongtian’s followers. Tongtian confronted Primordial Lord, learned that his brother rejected the accusation, and promised to investigate, while Primordial Lord suspected Dingguang Xian was a traitor.

• Chang'er Dingguang Xian staged an encounter with Chan Sect disciples, then told Tongtian they had insulted the Interception Sect and tried to attack him.
• Tongtian used a deduction to confirm that Dingguang Xian had encountered Chan Sect disciples and went to confront Primordial Lord.
• Primordial Lord was inspecting the Heaven Suppressing Pavilion and World Destroying Profound Light when Tongtian arrived to speak with him.
• Primordial Lord angrily demanded to know which disciple had made the insulting remarks, then recognized Dingguang Xian as a likely liar and troublemaker.
• Tongtian accepted that Primordial Lord was not behind the incident, apologized for doubting him, and vowed to investigate it thoroughly.

Jieyin and Zhunti reported the Three Pure Ones’ growing unity to Hongjun, who judged it a threat to the Heavenly Dao’s balance. He kept them in Purple Cloud Palace to teach them the Dao, hoping they could counter the Three Pure Ones.

• Jieyin and Zhunti worried that the Three Pure Ones had reconciled and hurried to Purple Cloud Palace to report their concerns to Hongjun.
• Zhunti recounted how the Three Pure Ones and their disciples had opposed Western Teachings, including Maitreya’s death at Zhuolu.
• Hongjun verified that the Three Pure Ones and their disciples had made peace, and feared their combined power would let them dominate the Great Wilderness.
• Hongjun invited Jieyin and Zhunti to remain in Purple Cloud Palace and listen to him expound the Dao.
• Jieyin and Zhunti eagerly sat down to listen, believing Hongjun intended to strengthen them against the Three Pure Ones.

Primordial Lord failed to find evidence that Chang'er Dingguang Xian had colluded with the Western Teachings, while Nuwa watched humanity’s rise and wondered what Primordial Lord was planning. After comprehending the World Destroying Profound Light, Primordial Lord inspected the Chan Sect and was astonished by how much his disciples had changed.

• Primordial Lord used the Heavenly Mystery Compass to discover that Chang'er Dingguang Xian had acted on his own, then resolved to keep watching him.
• Nuwa reflected on the Three Emperors and Yao’s accomplishments, the Three Teachings’ growing influence, and her hopes of establishing the Human Dao.
• Primordial Lord studied the World Destroying Profound Light and unleashed a destructive power capable of shattering space and annihilating worlds.
• Primordial Lord inspected the Chan Sect and froze when he saw that its disciples had undergone a remarkable transformation.

The Chan Sect and the other two teachings surged in power as humanity flourished, and Primordial Lord refined two newly transformed Creation Green Lotuses. Nuwa saw that the time to establish the Human Dao had arrived and went to Kunlun to thank Primordial Lord, where she was stunned by the Chan Sect’s strength.

• Primordial Lord watched thousands of Chan Sect disciples advance in cultivation and decided to plan the Unification of the Three Teachings.
• Primordial Lord found that two lotus seeds in the Chaos Pearl had become Thirty-Six-Petal Creation Green Lotuses and refined them into supreme treasures.
• The Human Sect’s two disciples became Quasi-Sages, while the Interception Sect’s leading disciples advanced and its providence grew with humanity’s flourishing.
• Nuwa realized she could establish the Human Dao and escape the Heavenly Dao, and resolved to thank Primordial Lord in person.
• Nuwa crossed into Kunlun and entered the Chan Sect, then froze in shock at the powerful auras surrounding her.

Nuwa visited the Chan Sect, witnessed its overwhelming strength, and reaffirmed her alliance with Primordial Lord. Meanwhile, newly strengthened Zhunti and Jieyin plotted to exploit Chang'er Dingguang Xian and rekindle conflict between the Chan Sect and the Interception Sect.

• Nuwa saw the Chan Sect's dense Spiritual Qi, a thousand Quasi-Saints, and more than three thousand Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
• Primordial Lord appeared, and Nuwa thanked him for secretly sending her a letter and the Human Dao Seal; they reaffirmed their agreement to unify the Three Teachings.
• Zhunti and Jieyin left Purple Cloud Palace after reaching the fifth heaven of Sainthood and resolved to make the Western Teachings prosper by weakening the Three Pure Ones.
• Jieyin proposed using Chang'er Dingguang Xian, whose resentment toward the Chan Sect and trust from Tongtian made him a useful target.
• Zhunti used the Dream-Entering Fate Technique to scheme against Chang'er Dingguang Xian while Jieyin obscured the secrets of Heaven.

Chang'er Dingguang Xian tried to turn the Interception Sect against the Chan Sect, but the other attendants rejected his claims and accused him of disloyalty. After he considered leaving the sect, Zhunti contacted him in a dream and recruited him into a scheme to sow discord between the two sects.

• Chang'er Dingguang Xian condemned the Chan Sect, but Wuyun Xian, Jingu Xian, and the other attendants defended the sect’s improved relationship with the Interception Sect.
• Chang'er Dingguang Xian stormed away, privately weighing whether to leave because he felt overlooked for personal-disciple status.
• Zhunti reached Chang'er Dingguang Xian through the Dream Affinity Method and offered him a Buddha Fruit Status if he joined the Western Teachings.
• Chang'er Dingguang Xian accepted Zhunti’s offer, and Zhunti instructed him to sow discord between the Chan Sect and the Interception Sect as proof of his merit.

Daoist Zhunti recruited Dingguang Xian to sow discord between Interception Sect and Chan Sect, while Primordial Lord secretly discovered the scheme. When Dingguang Xian urged the Ten Heavenly Lords to attack Chan Sect, Primordial Lord appeared on Golden Ao Island and declared that he would purge the traitor.

• Daoist Zhunti gave Dingguang Xian a Western Teachings mark to protect his true spirit, and Dingguang Xian agreed to turn Interception Sect against Chan Sect.
• Daoist Zhunti told Daoist Jieyin that Dingguang Xian was under their control and that the Western Teachings could profit from conflict between the eastern sects.
• Primordial Lord used the Heavenly Mystery Compass to discover the Western Teachings' contact with Dingguang Xian and decided to kill him and confront the Western Teachings.
• Dingguang Xian told the Ten Heavenly Lords that Chan Sect was plotting against Interception Sect and urged them to attack Chan Sect at Kunlun.
• Primordial Lord appeared above Golden Ao Island, accused Dingguang Xian of colluding with the Western Teachings, and announced that he would purge the traitor.

Primordial Lord of Heaven exposed Dingguang Xian as a Western Teachings spy, and Tongtian killed him after confirming the evidence. The Three Pure Ones and their disciples prepared to march on Western Heaven, leaving the sects mobilized for a major war.

• Dingguang Xian falsely accused Primordial Lord of Heaven of trying to silence him, prompting Interception Sect disciples to demand war against the Chan Sect.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven used the Heavenly Mystery Compass to reveal Dingguang Xian conspiring with Zhunti and admitting he served the Western Teachings.
• Tongtian killed Dingguang Xian with the Qingping Sword after the traitor rejected the evidence and revealed his allegiance.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven and Tongtian agreed to join Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality and attack the West, while their disciples rallied for battle.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven summoned the Chan Sect, whose disciples answered his call to flatten Western Heaven.

Zhunti and Jieyin discovered that Primordial Lord had killed Dingguang Xian, causing the Western Teachings’ fortune to plunge. Tongtian, Taiqing Moral Heavenly Venerate, and Primordial Lord then led the Interception, Human, and Chan Sects to Western Heaven, where the Western Teachings faced an unprecedented assault as the Great Wilderness watched.

• Zhunti and Jieyin learned that Primordial Lord had slain Dingguang Xian and annihilated his True Spirit, sharply reducing the Western Teachings’ fortune.
• Tongtian arrived in Western Heaven with more than one hundred thousand Interception Sect disciples and accused Zhunti and Jieyin of scheming against his sect.
• Taiqing Moral Heavenly Venerate arrived with Xuandu and Du'e, condemning the Western Teachings for sowing discord among the Three Pure Ones.
• Primordial Lord arrived with the Chan Sect’s vast forces, including a thousand Quasi-Saints, and the three teachings surrounded Western Heaven.
• Ancestor Minghe, Kunpeng, Haotian, Houtu, and other powerful figures across the Great Wilderness reacted with shock as upheaval in the West signaled that the battle was about to begin.

The Three Pure Ones and their sects descended on Western Heaven, rejected Zhunti and Jieyin’s offer of peace, and launched a battle that quickly turned against the Western Teachings. As the Three Pure Ones’ disciples fought across the Buddha Kingdoms, Primordial Lord confronted the Two Sages of the West to stop them from killing Chan Sect leaders.

• The Three Pure Ones arrived at Western Heaven with their disciples, including the Chan Sect’s thousand Quasi-Saints, and surrounded its Pure Lands with the Myriad Immortals Formation.
• Medicine King Buddha, the Fifty-Three Buddhas, Zhunti, and Jieyin reacted with alarm, and Jieyin and Zhunti proposed peace by offering fifteen Innate Spiritual Roots and fifteen Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Primordial Lord refused the offer, and Tongtian ordered the Interception Sect to attack while Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality and Primordial Lord broke through Western Heaven’s protective formation.
• The disciples of the Human Sect, Interception Sect, and Chan Sect charged into Western Heaven, where Buddhist forces from its Pure Lands and Buddha Kingdoms met them in battle.
• Zhunti and Jieyin planned to kill Guangchengzi to weaken the Chan Sect, but Primordial Lord detected their intent and confronted the Two Sages of the West.

The Three Pure Ones’ disciples joined forces to devastate the Western Teachings, while Primordial Lord of Heaven overwhelmed Jieyin and Zhunti in battle. Primordial Lord then used the Primordial Chaos Measuring Heaven Ruler to destroy Zhunti’s body, leaving the Western Teachings’ fate uncertain.

• The Chan Sect and Interception Sect fought together, defeating the Western Teachings’ forces as Zhenyuanzi rescued the Three Xiaos from a sneak attack.
• Ancestor Minghe, Haotian, Houtu, and Nuwa watched the battle, while the Two Sages of the West decided to intervene.
• Daoist Zhunti attacked Primordial Lord with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, and Jieyin struck with the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus of Merit and Demon-Quelling Pestle.
• Primordial Lord countered both Saints with the World Destroying Profound Light and Chaos Heaven Intercepting Finger, wounding Zhunti and severing his Saint laws.
• Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality joined the fight, with Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality confronting Jieyin while Primordial Lord pursued Zhunti.
• Primordial Lord drew the Primordial Chaos Measuring Heaven Ruler, shattered Zhunti’s defenses, and destroyed his golden body.

Primordial Lord killed Zhunti’s physical body and pursued the Western Sages with Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality until Hongjun intervened. The Three Pure Ones secured compensation, founded the Three Pure Ones Realm, and Primordial Lord warned his brothers that Hongjun and the Mystic Gate could become threats.

• Primordial Lord pursued the wounded Zhunti into Chaos while Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality drove Jieyin into retreat.
• Hongjun appeared and ordered the Saints to stop fighting, but Primordial Lord refused and demanded compensation from Zhunti and Jieyin.
• Zhunti and Jieyin gave the Three Pure Ones five Innate Spiritual Roots, five Innate Spiritual Treasures, three thousand Post-celestial Spiritual Roots, and three thousand Post-celestial treasures.
• Primordial Lord proposed that the Three Pure Ones reunite their lineages in a great world, and Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality agreed.
• The Three Pure Ones created the Three Pure Ones Realm and moved their palaces and sects into it.
• Primordial Lord warned his brothers that Hongjun favored the Western Teachings and might oppose their growing power, so the Three Pure Ones should not remain beneath the Mystic Gate.

Primordial Lord strengthened the Three Pure Ones Realm, secured his brothers’ support, and prepared the Three Teachings to face the Mystic Gate. As the Three Teachings flourished, Hongjun began a scheme to restore balance, while Zhunti and Jieyin were summoned to the Purple Cloud Palace.

• Primordial Lord told Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality and Tongtian that Nuwa and Houtu would aid them if they left the Mystic Gate, but agreed they should first strengthen their disciples and wait for the right moment.
• Primordial Lord exchanged ten thousand top-grade Post-celestial Spiritual Roots for five thousand ordinary ones from Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality and Tongtian, then used the Chaos Pearl to enhance spiritual roots and treasures.
• Primordial Lord instructed Daoist Randeng and Zhenyuanzi to maintain order among the Chan Sect disciples, studied his rewards, and established the Grandmist Evolutionary Heaven Illusory Annihilation Formation over the Three Pure Ones Realm.
• Tongtian proposed that the Three Pure Ones lecture their disciples together, and the three Saints gathered the Three Teachings for an unprecedented joint lecture.
• Hongjun judged the Three Pure Ones’ reunion an imbalance in Heaven’s Dao and set his scheme in motion to restore order through a future calamity.
• Zhunti and Jieyin lamented the Western Teachings’ losses before receiving Hongjun’s summons and heading to the Purple Cloud Palace.

Haotian received Primordial Violet Qi from Hongjun and gained the opportunity to become a Saint, while Hongjun arranged for the Western Sages and Nuwa to counterbalance the Three Pure Ones. As the Three Pure Ones Realm prospered through Primordial Lord’s vast collection of spiritual roots, Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court and learned that his sister had eloped with a mortal and had a child.

• Haotian lamented Heavenly Court’s lack of authority, then went to the Purple Cloud Palace after Hongjun summoned him.
• Hongjun gave Haotian Primordial Violet Qi and let him cultivate beside him, intending to strengthen Heavenly Court against the Three Pure Ones.
• Hongjun told Nuwa to support the weak, gave Zhunti a spiritual flower to heal his injuries, and lectured Nuwa, Zhunti, and Jieyin on the Dao.
• After years passed, Da Yu became Human Emperor, the Western Teachings rebuilt their Pure Land, and the Three Pure Ones preached to their disciples.
• Primordial Lord raised the Chan Sect’s Floating Island and revealed countless Innate and Chaos Spiritual Roots, greatly enriching the Three Pure Ones Realm and shocking Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality and Tongtian.
• Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court after refining Primordial Violet Qi, and Taibai Jinxing told him that his sister had eloped with a mortal and had a child.

After learning that Yao Ji had secretly married Yang Tianyou and borne three children, Haotian ordered Giant Spirit God to capture her and the Yang family. True Person Yuding rescued Yang Jian from the heavenly forces, accepted him as his disciple, and offered to take him to confront Haotian over his family.

• Taibai Jinxing told Haotian that Yao Ji had descended to the mortal world, married Yang Tianyou, and borne Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan.
• Haotian ordered Giant Spirit God to capture Yao Ji and the Yang family, permitting the soldiers to kill Yang Tianyou and his sons if they resisted.
• Jieyin and Zhunti gave Nuwa an innate spiritual root and treasure to secure her support, while Nuwa secretly intended to warn Primordial Lord.
• As Yang Jian fled with Yang Chan, heavenly soldiers killed Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao and captured Yao Ji; True Person Yuding then drove off Giant Spirit God’s forces.
• True Person Yuding declared Yang Jian destined to be his disciple, and Yang Jian accepted while vowing to rescue his mother and avenge his father and brother.
• Yuding promised to take Yang Jian to the Heavenly Court and said he would help flatten it if Haotian refused to release Yao Ji.